The Role of Standards in Fostering Capability Evolution: Does Design Matter? Insights from Interoperability Standards

The U. S. military is engaged in the design of new, universal command and control interface standards to improve interoperability between existing and future systems and unleash a new wave of evolution in how warfighters interact to defend U. S. interest sand defeat adversaries. This report presents the findings from a review of two military standards to help achieve successful standard design in the military environment.